Since eosinophil counts have relation with allergy, it is possible for the homoeopathic physician undertaking treatment for allergy to monitor the progress of the patients of allergy by doing eosinophil count from time to time. This simple and cheap procedure will help not just monitoring but also laboratory evidence for documentation of response of allergic diseases to homoeopathic treatment.

Most women at middle age remain ignorant of menopause. They are not keen to get proper medical care for their menopausal problems. Homoeopathy has proven benefit on menopause. The list of studies relating the success of homoeopathy with menopause is big. Some of these scientific studies with single and complex homoeopathic medicines are reported in this article.

Dr. J.T. Kent is acknowledged as the ‘Master of Homoeopathy’ and is considered as one of the pillars of Homoeopathy. He brought classical homoeopathy into the 20th century and spawned a whole new generation of homoeopaths.

Dr. J.T. Kent is acknowledged as the ‘Master of Homoeopathy’ and is considered as one of the pillars of Homoeopathy. He brought classical homoeopathy into the 20th century and spawned a whole new generation of homoeopaths.

This paper, on Fantasy in Materia Medica, written by Dr. Diwan Harish Chand was prepared for refresher course in Homoeopathy conducted at Colombo in September, 1960. It was first published in the British Homoeopathic Journal, Vol. LI No. 2 (April 1962). The article gives an easy understanding of the Materia medica and the basic characteristics of each drug. Great Grandpa is Homoeopathy personified. The remedies in the text are also personified to show how Homoeopathy deals with living people in all their aspects and not just disease entities.

This paper, on Fantasy in Materia Medica, written by Dr. Diwan Harish Chand was prepared for refresher course in Homoeopathy conducted at Colombo in September, 1960. It was first published in the British Homoeopathic Journal, Vol. LI No. 2 (April 1962). The article gives an easy understanding of the Materia medica and the basic characteristics of each drug. Great Grandpa is Homoeopathy personified. The remedies in the text are also personified to show how Homoeopathy deals with living people in all their aspects and not just disease entities.

Calendula is a basic ingredient in a home first aid kit. It is used for cuts, scalds, minor burns and open wounds. Most often used in the form of a cream, lotion or a tincture as an external application to the wound. In deep cuts ensure that the wound is clean before using calendula, to prevent the cut healing over too rapidly and trapping dirt, germs or a foreign body inside.

Pharmacology, the science of drugs that deals with the action of drugs on the genreal system or the individual parts of the body in health. We start this section on the pharmacological aspects of homoeopathic drugs with a view to help the homoeopathic practitioners, students to have a better understanding of the action of homoeopathic drugs.

The recent research conducted by Homoeopathic Drug Research Institute, Lucknow has confirmed the anti-diabetic potentiality of alloxan. It confirms the homoeopathic principle of ‘Similia similibus curentur’ in being an anti-diabetic agent in dynamised solutions.